jon wombrepresented by his mother, And Alexia Putellas National Sports Awards received this Tuesday at the Palacio de El Pardo (Madrid) What corresponds to the year 2021 and distinguishes them as the best Spanish athletes of that season.
Golfer, King Felipe Award, lifted in 2021 top of the world rankings a position that it still occupies today among professional players and he won US Open. Located in the United States, Rahm’s award was collected by his mother, Ángela Rodríguez.
Alexia Putellas, Queen Letizia AwardIn 2021, he won the Champions League, Spanish league and Copa de la Reina with FC Barcelona, as well as the Ballon d’Or and FIFA ‘Best’ awards, which he would repeat the following year.
The kings presided over the award ceremony. which joined Minister of Culture and Sports, miquel iceta, heads Outstanding Sports CouncilJosé Manuel Franco of the Spanish Olympic Committee, Alejandro Blanco and the Spanish federationsalong with many athletes.
The remainder of the distinctions took into account the results obtained. Spanish delegation at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic GamesControversial due to the coronavirus pandemic in 2021.
For this reason, Taekwondo player Adriana Cerezo– Olympic silver medalist in Tokyo and gold medalist at European Championships in the 49 kg category, and mountaineer Alberto GinesTokyo Olympic champion receives awards Princess Leonor and King Juan Carlos, respectively, like the best teenager. They were 17 and 18 years old when they took the Olympic podium. It was picked up by her brother Miriam on behalf of Ginés, who was racing this week.
Other Olympic champions Fátima Gálvez and Alberto Fernández took the Barón de Güell Cup as the best team of 2021. Together they won the gold medal in the mixed team Olympic trench event.
Venezuelan athlete Yulimar Rojas, who holds the gold and triple jump world record in Tokyo, receives the Ibero-American Community Cup.
Many institutions and organizations were rewarded for their work promoting sports. Navarro Sports Institute received the Reina Sofia Award for its projects in favor of fair play and the elimination of all forms of violence in sports. and cooperation with different institutions on equality, LGTBI and migration.
The use of sport as a primary therapeutic tool in the treatment of people with spinal cord injuries has earned the Toledo Paraplegic National Hospital the Infanta Sofia Award dedicated to promoting sport for people with disabilities.
Established in 1938, Real Grupo de Cultura Covadonga collected the Stadium Cup for promoting grassroots sports, while the Outstanding Sports Council Award went to the Murcian municipality of Águilas for promoting sport and physical activity.
The Joaquín Blume Award highlights IES Hermenegildo Lanz (Granada), the first center of training and sports excellence in Andalusia, with a project targeting high-performance athletes.
Founded in Huesca in 1994 and currently a worldwide reference in pediatrics and biomechanics for its work focusing on athlete performance and injury prevention, Podoactiva has received the National Award for Arts and Sciences Applied to Sport.
Considered the ‘sage’ of Olympism, in 1968 Conrado Durántez, the founder of the Spanish Olympic Academy and the Paniberica Association of Academies, received the Francisco Fernández Ochoa Award for a lifetime dedicated to the practice, organisation, direction, promotion and development of sport. .